Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

